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NTSB drops ´unacceptable´
BlackBerry for iPhone
CNN Money, by Stacy Cowley
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Posted By:LittleHoodedMonk, 11/22/2012 9:31:13 AM
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| New York - The National Transportation Safety Board is the latest federal agency to ditch its BlackBerry phones for Apple´s iPhone -- and it had a few scathing words about why it´s making the switch. Research in Motion´s BlackBerry devices "have been failing both at inopportune times and at an unacceptable rate," the agency wrote in a procurement request issued last week. NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss, citing procurement rules, declined to name any specific problems the agency has had with its BlackBerry phones. RIM (RIMM) has suffered a few high-profile outages
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A little lower down, it says that there are Blackberry has 1Million government "customers" in North America, with another 400K worldwide. Like government cars, computers, iPads, etc., the obvious question is, who is footing the bill and how much is it? In today´s economy, this is a perk that needs to be poked out of our tax money [as well as the others].
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Duckboy, 11/22/2012 9:58:24 AM (No. 9029151)
I was in New Orleans for two weeks after Katrina as part of the rescue efforts. The only communication we had was the texting from blackberrys. No voice communications, we coordinated everything by text. Other phones were totally useless, they couldn´t even text. I never understood why or how the Blackberry could send and receive texts, but was glad it did.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 11/22/2012 12:07:50 PM (No. 9029416)
Hmmm...this makes me want to go with Blackberry. I am one of the last holdouts of having a smart phone...I just don´t need one. But when I renew, I think I´ll go Blackberry. They have a new OS coming out in late January, I think, that is supposed to be really good.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rumblehog, 11/22/2012 12:07:55 PM (No. 9029417)
Many in my company have switched from BB to iPhone and it´s amazing how often the iPhone is failing. It´s a social networking tool, not a business phone. The BB was designed for business use, and that´s what I use. I was sent an iPhone 4 and didn´t even open it, simply returned it. I don´t want something it takes 2 hands to text/e-mail on.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
god of irony, 11/22/2012 12:25:45 PM (No. 9029448)
The real reason is most likely they don´t want other government agencies snooping on their communications. The government can´t break into the iphone like the blackberry because the encryption is so much better.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Nimby, 11/22/2012 1:54:28 PM (No. 9029556)
We,the tax payers are footing the bill, so that they can use them for personal use
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/22/2012 2:22:12 PM (No. 9029581)
I wonder if Jill Kelley brokered this deal?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
glcinpdx, 11/22/2012 2:38:52 PM (No. 9029598)
The day I had to pull the battery three times to reboot my company provided Blackberry was the day I went out and purchased a Motorola Razr Max...
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Watch: Bill Clinton ´joins´ Twitter -
with help from Stephen Colbert
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New York Post, by David K. Li
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/10/2013 1:30:35 AM
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Welcome to the 21st century President Clinton! The chief executive who guided America on to the Information Superhighway revealed he didn’t have a Twitter page — until comedian Stephen Colbert got a handle on this low-tech travesty. Amazingly, Clinton said he was too shy and insecure to start his own Twitter page. (Snip) A laughing and mildly embarrassed Clinton took the bait, and dictated his first tweet under the @PrezBillyJeff handle. “Just spent amazing time with Colbert! Is he sane? He is cool! #cgiu” Colbert told the president: “Sir welcome to the future.”
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Google, AT&T target Austin
for high-speed Internet
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Reuters, by Alexei Oreskovic & Sinead Carew
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San Francisco & New York - Google Inc said on Tuesday it plans to bring its ultra high-speed Internet and television service to Austin, Texas, next year, prompting AT&T Inc to reveal its own plans to follow suit - if it gets the same terms from local authorities. AT&T appeared to be making a political point to highlight the heavy regulations that encumber traditional phone companies, analysts said. Google promised to begin connecting homes in Austin by the middle of 2014 with a 1-gigabit-per-second Internet service, roughly 13 times faster than the speediest service AT&T had
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Louisiana lawmakers weigh
options on eliminating income tax
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Reuters, by Stephanie Grace
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/10/2013 1:08:01 AM
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New Orleans - Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday questioned the wisdom of eliminating the state´s income tax without raising sales taxes, one day after Governor Bobby Jindal said he would delay his plan to scrap the income tax. (Snip) Instead he called on lawmakers to pass their own plan and "send me a bill to get rid of these taxes." His plan would have eliminated all state personal and corporate income taxes. It also called for a 56 percent increase in the state sales tax, a much higher cigarette tax, and the elimination of some tax loopholes to make up the $3 billion shortfall from abolishing
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Bahrain Becomes First Arab
Country to Blacklist Hizbullah
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Arutz Sheva [Israel], by Elad Benari
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Bahrain on Tuesday became the first Arab country to blacklist Hizbullah as a terrorist organization, the Al Arabiya network reports. The move came a week after the Bahraini parliament voted to label the group a terrorist organization. Its alleged backing and training of radical Shiite groups against Bahrain was the main reason given for the decision, the report said. The Bahraini cabinet has tasked the interior and foreign ministries with implementing the decision. “The measure is to protect Bahrain’s security and stability from Hezbollah’s threats,” Bahraini MP Adil al-Asoumi told Al Arabiya.
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North Korea closes
China border to tourists
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Agence France-Presse, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/10/2013 12:38:20 AM
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The biggest border crossing between North Korea and China has been closed to tourist groups, a Chinese official says, as nuclear tensions mounted, but business travel was allowed to continue. "Travel agencies are not allowed to take tourist groups to go there, since the North Korean government is now asking foreign people to leave," the official at the Dandong Border Office said. "As far as I know, business people can enter and leave North Korea freely," added the official, who declined to give his name, without making clear which country had ordered the move.
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U.S. not to intercept DPRK missile
unless threatened: Commander
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Xinhua News Agency [China], by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/10/2013 12:24:49 AM
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Washington - The U.S. commander in charge of forces in the Asia Pacific region said Tuesday that if the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launches a missile in the near future, he would recommend U.S. forces shoot it down when U.S. homeland, forward-deployed forces and allies were threatened. At a Senate hearing, Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, said if it was "in defense of the homeland... and if it was defense of our allies," he would recommend U.S. forces shoot down DPRK missile, if the country launches one. "I believe we have a credible ability
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Deadly quake in south-west
Iran´s Bushehr province
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BBC News, by Staff
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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 30 people and injured 850 in south-west Iran, officials say. Rescue teams have been sent to the affected area, but darkness is hampering rescue operations. The quake struck 90km (60 miles) south of the country´s only nuclear power station in Bushehr, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says. However, the nuclear plant has not been affected and is working normally, officials have said. The quake was felt across the Gulf in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. Bushehr´s governor Fereydun Hasanvand told Iranian television that of those wounded,
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Source: Liz Cheney seriously
considering running for Wyoming Senate
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Daily Caller, by Alex Pappas
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/9/2013 11:56:50 AM
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Wyoming Republican Sen. Mike Enzi may be gearing up to run for re-election in 2014, but that doesn’t mean Liz Cheney is ruling out a run for the Senate seat now. A source close to the politically active daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney tells The Daily Caller that she is still seriously considering running. Over the weekend, The Casper Star Tribune reported that Enzi told a meeting of the GOP state party committee that he is looking forward to running for re-election — something he has yet to formally announce. An Enzi spokesman confirmed the senator’s remarks.
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North Korea may be planning a
nuclear test and missile launch - reports
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/7/2013 10:32:47 PM
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North Korea appears to be preparing a fourth underground nuclear weapons test at Punggye-ri, the site of its previous test, a South Korean government source says. Pyongyang appeared to be making preparations for the test, according to a South Korean government source speaking to the country’s Joong Ang Daily newpaper. This comes on the heels of the South’s defence ministry reports that Pyongyang could perform a mid-range missile test-launch by Wednesday – also the deadline it has given to foreign diplomats to evacuate, as their safety would reportedly no longer be guaranteed
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New Jersey braces for
once-in-17-years cicada invasion
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/7/2013 10:10:12 PM
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Bridgewater, N.J. - Like clockwork, they´re coming back -- after 17 years. "They" would be cicadas, the big, noisy bugs that climb out of the earth about every decade and a half to make everyone´s life more exciting. Experts tell Gannett News Service that the bugs live underground and feed off fluid that gathers near the roots of plants, then emerge from the soil when its temperature reaches 64 degrees. They´re largely harmless, but their sheer numbers can cause headaches. Some areas could see as many as a billion of the cicadas per square mile. That can lead to a lot of dead bugs all over roadways
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Opposition holds big
rally in Venezuelan capital
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Reuters, by Diego Ore & Eyanir Chinea
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/7/2013 9:55:59 PM
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Caracas - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital on Sunday, answering a call by their candidate Henrique Capriles and showing strength a week before the presidential election. "Today the streets of Caracas are full of happiness and hope, confirming what will happen next Sunday," Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state, told the crowd. Capriles faces acting President Nicolas Maduro, who has vowed to continue the hard-line socialism of his late boss, Hugo Chavez, if he wins the April 14 election.
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Snoop Lion: Frank Ocean coming out
doesn’t change rap music homophobia
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Snoop Lion made bold comments about gay marriage and rap music, even addressing singer Frank Ocean´s coming out. Snoop, 41, who has spoken in favor of marriage equality before, was asked by The Guardian if he believed the R&B singer´s declaration of having loved a man meant gay relationships would soon be accepted in the rap community. "Frank Ocean ain´t no rapper," Snoop is quoted as saying. "He´s a singer. It´s acceptable in the singing world, but in the rap world I don´t know if it will ever be acceptable because rap is so masculine."
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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The murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell largely is being ignored by the mainstream media, even in the face of grisly testimony, such as what we heard yesterday. Life News reports: ...a former employee described how she heard a baby scream during a live-birth abortion. Abortion clinic employee Sherry West described an incident which "really freaked (her) out" and related to the jury how she heard a child who was born alive following an abortion scream.
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Obama says he´s ´determined
as ever´ for gun bill
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Associated Press, by Nedra Pickler
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 10:27:49 PM
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he´s "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama´s gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try
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White House: Planned GOP
gun filibuster cowardly
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/8/2013 11:08:31 PM
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Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama’s initiatives. “If they oppose this legislation, have the courage to say so on the floor and vote no,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. “Don’t block it. Don’t hide behind a procedural action to prevent a vote. That’s the wrong thing to do, and that’s how the president clearly feels.”
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Obama enjoys ´sequester soul concert´
at White House amid massive budget
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Business Insider, by Staff
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/10/2013 4:24:28 AM
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The sequester may have many across the country singing the blues, but for President Obama, it was all about Memphis Soul. Even with the threat of furloughs and government cuts sparked by the sequester, Obama took the time to enjoy a star-studded concert at the White House tonight. The White House celebration of Memphis Soul music in the East Room--which included special guest appearances by Queen Latifah and Justin Timberlake--is likely to rile Obama´s Republican foes. Some conservatives have called on Obama to give up golf, especially since popular public tours of the White House have been canceled because of
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Obamacare architect Rockefeller:
It´s ´beyond comprehension´
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Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard
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Posted By: Drive- 4/10/2013 7:17:19 AM
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West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, one of the towering architects of Obamacare, on Tuesday openly criticized program managers for not moving quickly enough to build the system, warning that if it gets off to a bumpy start it will just get worse. Decrying the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as way too complex, he warned the acting Medicare director that Obamacare is "so complicated and if it isn´t done right the first time, it will just simply get worse."
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Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook
victims to D.C. on Air Force One so
they can back gun control in person
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/8/2013 4:05:18 PM
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President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an
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Updated: White House, McCain
blast Cruz for threatening
filibuster over guns
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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM
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There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.
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Why Is White House
Stonewalling on Benghazi
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Rep, Dana Rohrbacher
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 7:13:10 PM
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More than six months since Ambassador Christopher Stevens was assassinated by terrorists in Benghazi, the Obama administration is still trying to keep a lid on information about the attack. Congress and the American people need to know what happened the night of Sept. 11, 2012. Who did the killing and what was their motive? Why wasn´t help sent? And why did the administration lie about who was responsible? Members of Congress have asked hundreds of questions at hearings conducted by several investigative committees, but many of the most significant have been left unanswered. Information detailing what happened before, during and
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The World-Changing Margaret Thatcher
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Wall Street Journal, by Paul Johnson
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 8:21:53 PM
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Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around—decisively—the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. "Thatcherism" was the most popular and successful way of running a country in the last quarter of the 20th century and into the 21st. Her origins were humble. Born Oct. 13, 1925, she was the daughter of a grocer in the Lincolnshire town of Grantham. Alfred Roberts was no ordinary shopkeeper.
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Obama´s Army Outmaneuvered by the NRA
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NationalJournal, by Beth Rinehard
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/10/2013 7:18:37 AM
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Although the first votes on gun -control legislation have yet to be cast, by some measures the National Rifle Association has already won. Obama’s ambitious plans to ban assault weapons and limit magazine capacities are off the table, while the NRA suggested it could support the most likely outcome -- expanded background checks -- as recently as 1999. The NRA claims that the president’s efforts have triggered a fundraising surge and boosted its membership from 4 million to nearly 5 million.
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Poll: Obama underwater on
guns, immigration, deficit
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Politico, by Donovan Slack
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/8/2013 10:17:29 PM
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A new CNN/ORC International poll found President Obama´s overall approval rating has ticked up to 51 percent but ratings have fallen on his handling of the key issues on his agenda: immigration, guns, and the deficit. On immigration, 44 percent approve of the way he is handling the issue, down from 51 percent in January. At the same time, disapproval has jumped to 50 percent, up from 43 percent in January. On guns, 45 percent approve and 52 percent disapprove, the poll found. In January, 46 percent approved and 49 percent dispproved. And on the deficit, 38 percent approve
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Sebelius: Implementing Obamacare
More ´Difficult´ Than Anticipated
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Tony Lee
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/10/2013 7:21:14 AM
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius conceded Monday that implementing the Affordable Care Act has been more complicated and frustrating than the Obama administration expected, largely due to Republicans who have opposed the law´s state-based exchanges and Medicaid expansion. "The politics has been relentless and that continues," Sebelius said. "There was some hope that once the Supreme Court ruled in July, and then once an election occurred there would be a sense that, ´This is the law of the land, let´s get on board, let´s make this work.´"
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